Word: developed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speak to them. The pupils who take their exercise on Fifth Avenue or through Central Park are chaperoned with utmost vigilance. Whether teaching Shakespeare or speaking to her Chinese butler, Thomas, or playing with her two Pekinese, Miss Spence always used to insist upon "tone." Her purpose was "to develop a perfect gentlewoman, intellectually firm, and having, poise, simplicity and graciousness." The new trustees, and the revitalized alumnae were fully prepared to ensure that the new Spence should not fall short...
Last week's N. C. E. meeting was broadly devoted to "education and leisure." Said Major Fred J. Ney, N. C. E. executive secretary, prime mover of the convention: "The real purpose of this conference ... is to develop a keener appreciation-of the educational problems common to the whole of Canada. .... A more special purpose is to draw the widest possible attention to certain aspects of our western civilization which are crying out for consideration. . . . The older countries [invited to the convention] offer something of a challenge to the voice and speed of our western civilization. . . ." The contributions were...
...lack of an established program for the chosen few proves the pit-fall it threatens to be, the Fellowships may develop into a state of affairs similar to that reached by the Dean's List. It is this happy medium which insures a freedom for individual study and at the same time provides a less ephemeral form of attack than that afforded by a complete lack of organized study...
Boxing in Chicago seems to be develop- ing ramifications not covered by the Marquis of Queensberry in his rulebook. Last week Jackie Fields,* sleek Chicago Hebrew, and Young Jack Thompson, flashy San Francisco Negro, were pummeling each other about a ring there for what the promoters insisted was "the world's welterweight championship." They had reached the eighth round when two men, not pugilists, started a fight of their own in the balcony. One drew a revolver. Nearby spectators scrambled away. In a moment there was general pandemonium. One whisper said: "Race riot." Another said animals quartered nearby...
With all this material at his disposal, not to mention such promising Sophomore candidates as D. I. Cobb '31 in the middle distances, W. C. Rowe '31 in the relay, and A. L. Watkins '31 in the dash, Coach Farrell hopes to be able to develop a strong team. Commenting on the prospects for the 1929 season, the coach made the following statement: "The outlook for a successful year seems very bright just now. We must remember, however, that although we are strong, Yale also has one of the most powerful aggregations of recent years...